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PAGES 3 To 6. WINNSBORO, S. C., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2S,192. PAGES3TO6. A IEAVY:-SIORTAGE A Trusted Employe Gets levolved for -a Large Amount. SALARIED MAN HAS BIG HOLDINGS The Alleged Embezzler Denles That There is Deralcadon, But Has Sur rendered His Property. Cincinnati, Special.-Senatorial re vorts were published here on an alleged shortage in'the books of Theodore Braemer,.who resigned last Sunday his position as- secretary and treasurer of the J. & F. Schroth Packing Company. of this city. The story as first published, alleged a shortage of from -$160,000 to $400,00, extending over a period of twenty years, and claimed that Mr. Breemer had turned over all of his property and chattles in trust pending an examint.tion of the books by ex perts. Braemer denied that there was any defalcation, but admitted that he had turned $72,O00 In personal prop erty over to Harlan Cleveland, his at torney, and Jos. W. O'Hara, attorney for the Schroth Company. Mr. Brae Tner talked freely about the case. Braemer Is 45 years old and has been with the Schroths 27 years, most ofrhe time receiving $25 per 'week as-*6ok keeper and in recent years twje that amount as secretary and treasuMr. The firm did a businesg'of about a million dollars a year, which was handled by. Braemer. When- John Sebroth died, more than a year ago, Lieutenant Gov ernor Nippert became. the attorney of ils heirs, who inz;tituted an investiga tion of the company. This finally culmi nated In a meeting of all interested parties at which Braemer resigned and from which the sensational reports emariated. Harlai Cleveland, attorney 'for Bramer, and John W. O'Hara, at torney for the company, and also trus tees, are engaged with the experts in. -examining the books. The accountants -4nst4hat, they cannot complete their work for two or three weeks and coun sel say that no reliable statement can be made until that time. s5 Ue e nest res deuces In the city and it ,is furnished with all that art can .supply. In the ... sensational reports that have been pub 11shed no reference Is made to hIm as havin'g any bad habits. The attorneys - and other interested persons will give no assurance that the report 'of the experts on the examination of the books will be made public when com pleted, as they state that every possible difference has already been adjusted satisfactorily by the property that Braemer has turned over in trust. Braemer said that he had transferred to the- trustees $72,000 in Standard Oil and Cincinnati Gas and Electric stacks. This, he said, would amply cover any errors which might be found on the' books. "I'll tell you the truth of the matter," said Braemer. "The 'old man' and I have been fighting for about six months and I 'concluded to quit and I resagned Sunday. Some errors had been discovered in the books and it was mutually agreed to have an expert go over them. In order to indemnity the company, Attorneys Cleveland and O'Hara were appointed as trustees of my estate and I turned over to them $72,000 in stocks. If any shortage is found I am to blame. The salary was $50 a week and had been for the past ten years. I owned $15,000 worth of stock:In the company. I wish to say if there Is any shortage I know nothing of it." Tiliman in a Debate. Fredonia, N. Y., Special.-Benjamin South Carolina, and Chas. B. Landis. *Representative of Congress from Indi ana, engaged in a spirited joint debate Ipn Dunkirk on the question of "Demioc racy vs. Republicanism." Two thousand persons listened' to the addresses which were along the lines of the platform of 1900. Celebrating Colony Founding. Mohile, Ala., Special.-The first day of the celebration of the 200th anniver sary of the fouinding of the first permna nent French colony in Louisiana and the establishing of Fort Louis de la Mobile in 1702 by John Baptiste Le Moyne and Sieur de Bienville, was ob served successfully. After a parade of civic organizati'ns a bronze tablet was inyelled at the (curt house, bearing an inscription in honor of the Le Moyne brothers. De lherville and Do A Bienville. The progamme consisted of an invocation by Robert Moses. ad dress and presentation by Hon. C. W. Butt, acceptance by Mayor T. iS. Fry and benediction by Rev. W. H. E. Cox. A salute of 21 guns was fired. -A New Steamer. Newport News, Va., Special.--The Newport News Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company received word from New York that they had been awarded -the contract to build a new steamer for the Old Dominion Line. The new iessel will be handsomely eqnipped and: wi cost $600,000, wll be 366 feet long. saa lave a beam of 46 feet. INDUSTRIES DEPRESSED. Majolity of Cuban People Are Ready For Annexation. Washington, Special.-Col. Tasker Bliss, the United States army officer, detailed as collector of customs at Havana, was before the ways and means committee concerning the Cu ban reciprocity. In opening his state ment he disclaimed authority as a sugar expert and said his knowledge was confined to that of an observer for three years in an official posi tion. dealing with tbe. trade of Cuba. This had led him to hope that if there was any change In the tariff it would be such an adjustment as would throw into the hands of the United States the large amount of C trade now taken by foreign co es. Speaking first of the conditio of the Cuban industry, he said It 'eas greatly depressed. The leading a vana banks were 'refusing fiu.r credits to the sugaCLgpters, Id when this occused iaraa asu . i dence of the distress of the plinta tions. He roughly estimated the su gar industry of the island at $200, 000,000 and said about three-fourths of the people were dependent in one way or another on the sugar indus try. Chairman Payne asked Col. Bliss. to specify what advantages the Uni ted States could gain from Cuba and .Mr..Payne also called attention to the -low-tariff rate Cuba Imposed against. the) United States. Col. Bliss said the average ad valorem rate was about 21 per cent. and he presented tables, designed to -show how a tariff readjustment could throw practically -all of the Cubin trade into the hands of American pro ducers. At present, he said, Cuba bought $66,000,000 of which the Uni ted States furnished $28,475,000, and the balance of about $37,000,000 came from foreign countries. On many ar tic,-e such as fresh beef, railroad iron a her specified articles, the Uni t _tates had a practical monopoly of the trade. But on many other ar ticles, totaling about $45,000,000 the United States had but $10,000,000 of the trade. "By. a reasonable modification of the Cuban tariff," said Col. Bliss, "at least 86 per cent, of this trade can be thrown to the UnIted-"tatm" submi Sje submitted -a list 1~t.n. 'a differeutinf6r ibot -33 per cent. favorable* to the United Stktes as against other foreign countries would give us the trade. In reporting on this to the war department the condition had been imposed upon hi*m not to reduce the revenue of Cuba. Under such circumstances, he thought It would be necessary to first raise Cuba's tariff rates, for purposes of revenue, and the with a sufficient differential to gi the United States the control of the trade. This he put forward , only tentatively as one of several plans proposed to the war de partment. The members of the committee questioned Col. Bliss on the' details of the proposed readjustment. In the course of the examination Represen tative Newlands of Nevada suggested that without our political control of Cuba there might be servile labor to compete with American labor. He added: "Are the Cuban people prepared to come into political'relations with the United States?" o h u "*I think a great majority o h u bans are ready to come in," Col. Bliss replied. "As a Territory or as a State?" asked Mr Newlands "They would be glad to come In as a State or a Territory, or under the millitary authority, almost in any way In order to come under the authority of the United States" "If invited to come in first as a, Territory, then as a State, would this be accepted ?" "I think It would". Continuing on this topic Col Bliss said he thought commercial union with Cuba would postpone political union Personally he was not con vinced of the wisdom of annexation. The feeling in Cuba was one of readi ness to accept any conditions the United States might impose. Louis Place and Mr. Mendoza of the Cuban delegation were heard briefly. Two Selected. At'arta. Ga., Special.--The commis sion to select two Georgians that will hr- placed in the Statuary hall at Wasnhiugton1. uet for the first time at hi' es iti Alt!mug1Ih the ( dle(ision of the em is ion' will not be. annmm(T1e.-T unmil .ibily. an inftormal vote showe.1 a pefe'nnee for Alexander H-. Steph."ns anid Dr. Crawford Long. Fire in Georgdto n Georgeto~wn. S. C., Speci;~.-At 1:MA oclock Sunday morning fire broke out in the e'xpress ofli'e building, spradingt on e'ithe'r side and destroy ina: five other buildings with contents. The Georgetown Times. the post office. C. W. Rouse's statio'nery and job printing: L~. G. Walker, lawyer; M. W. Pyatt. lawyer; Col. Sparkman. Insurance; Ingman and Bryant. bi cycles; the Masons' lodg'-; Walter Hazard, lawyer: P. M. Matthews, civil engineer, and the telephone ex change all lost heavily. The aggre gate amount is placed at 3:?0,000; In SiP MEN COMBINE. Owners of Ocean Liners Getting To gether For Profit. HIGHER FREIGHTS OVER THE OCEAN Every Line But One Trading* Between England and America Enters Into the Combine. London, By Cable.-A representative of the Associated Press has secured an authoritative statement regarding the rumored shipping deals , which; while confusing the reports of t analga mation ~ of several lines, reveals the. fact that negotiations towards a trade agreement are being conducted on a larger Weale than hitherto hinted at. What las actually happened is this: Every 'ine trading between England and America, except one, has agreed to form d freight combination upon a basis considerably higher' than the* rates at present in force. That one ex ception, however, threatens to upset the prolonged negotiations, for Tues day .fteen firms. withdrew their pre viout assent, declaring that unless this onet-.xception came in the combine wog4be valueless. The line which has so -(arrpnged the calculations, for tholiiccess of the scheme was beiieved to be 'practically assured, is campara tively. unimportant and plies between London and the. United States. The extent to which the proposed combination had attained can be jidg ed from the fact that the fifteen With drawals do not constitute.50 per cent. of the firms interested. A representa tive of one of the lines most intimately concerned said that it looked" vety much as. if the whole plan:.would fall through, though he admitteo that strenuous effbrts would be made to per suade the backsliders toorme in again, and leave the unimportant exeptionl to fight its own battle. The reports of a financial ainalgama tiofi between the White. Star, Ameri can Atlantic Transport and otherlines are, strenuously denied.: Seven Burned to Death. Hambleton, W. Va., ftejil.-Alo 4 dclockE Tuesday inorz,. Camp Company, fseveral les.from here, i the forest, took fire and burned so rap idly that seven of the '4O men asleep it the building failed to get out and were burned to death. Following is the list of the dead: John Morrisey, John Riley, George Van Horn, Arthur Hen ricks, Thomas Hick;y, Mike OCan ford, -Forest Manard. Wud Welsh was so badly burned that. he is in a critical condition. It was not more than five minutes from the time the alarm was given till there was no chance of es cape. The camp was 32 by 50 feet and the upper part all in one room and in this the 40 men were sleeping. Two very small windows. and the narrow tairs affccded the only ways of escape and those who went to the windows, a dozen or more had to jump 12 to 15 feet, the others rushed down the steps like sheep. pushing and tumbling and fall ing over each other. After they were out, some of the men inside could be seen in the flames, but no- -cry came from the ding. The deal werefi most ent .cremated. They 'wre scarcely 4unds of the flesh 'ind bones of te seven men brought: here in a little box. The men who escaping lost their clothing and were compelled to travel thr'ough eight inches of snow almost naked to another camp a mile away. Stock Withdrawn From Market, New York, Specal.-The common stock of the American Tobacco Com pany was stricken from the list of the exchanges Tuesday. . This action was taken upon information from the com pany that all but'about 1 per cent. of stock had been exchanged for conlshi dated tobacco company 4 per cent.. bonds under the terms of that com pany's offer. The 'recent rise in price ofI American Tobacco unassented stock to 300, and advance of about 160 in two weeks, gave rise to apprehension of a speculative corner. Dead in a Boat. Norfolk. Special.-Jobn L. Pearce, 30 years of age, prominent in society In Norfolk and cashier of the Standard Oil Company's branch here, was found dead Tuesday morning by a newsboy. The body was in a small skiff in Roa noke dock. No reason for Mr. Pearce's presence in that locality is kno-wn. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict giving congestion of the lungs and kidneys as the cause of death. The body shows no marks-of violence. Mr. Parce's books are in excellent condi tion and there is nothing to indicate suicide. He had been hunting at Virgin a Beach and was in good health and spirits. Schiey's A ppeal. Baltimore, Special.-Isador Ray ner, counsel for Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, has finished the draft of the appeal from the findings of the court of Inquiry and will go to Washington for a conference stith the admiral. It is expected the admiral will be ready to hand the app to President Roosevelt on Wed sday. The docu met conttin, ovez 100 typewrItten pages. CONGRESSIONAL. DetaHed Doings of Our National Law makers. HOUSE. Twenty-sixth Day-The time of the House of Rrcpresentatives was occu pied in general debate upon an urgent deficiency appropriation bill. An Item in the bill carrying $500,000 for a mili tary post at Manila precipitated a long discussion, -which took wide range. drawing into the d'bate some of the ablest debaters on both' sides of the House. A semi-humorous speech by Mr. Clark, of Missouri, elicited a .reply from Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, which in turn drew the fire of Mr. DeArzhoid, of Missouri. Others who participated'iSvere Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee; Mr. Grosvenor,of Oh;o; Mr. Alexander, of New Yok; Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Williams, of Illinois, and Mr.'Un derwood, of Alabama. Mr. Cannon fi charge of the deficiency bill explained that It. provided for the government servide - for the current fiscal year where existing appropriations 'were. not sufficient. The bill carried $16, 704,20. Mr. Richardson, thi. Demg qratic leader, pressed Mr. Cannon to. know .iiaker what law it'was proposed to appropriAte $500,000 for a. military post at Manila. The chairman of the appropriations Committee replied that there was no- specific law to establish such a ry post, but whether under the g ' prganizatio ,f the. army iA t .such an nation was in o r. ,eud rem the 'chair m dmittee oth- whole to det en the appropriation was reac k-. T t enth Day-Some of the old - fir- wa injected into the proc i of the House when the item 5 b. urgent -deficiency bill ap proprI 00W for a military post at M -k %Ac the' Deniocrats have been 1 *a, text for' speeches in opoost lippine 9 i -Policy o)f the ad ia I toa for the last three days wiwlra ed. Mr. Cannon, in cli . #f'ther bill, confessed -thaithe approprition :was subject t.o- apointof order andit went 6ut. In,lieu-thereof he ifferel' an'amen-dment to. appro priate thesame sum -for the "shelter .-and prot ion" of the officers and en listed mes' of..the aimy. doing duty in the Phil ii 5nes. This the. chair. held to be in- &der, .and it it once .became the subject ,f a,very. spirited debate in which Mr.: RIchardson, . the.. mgiority leader, 3r Williams of 'Mississippi., and Mr. De Armond of Missouri, were ittted- against thec iadrman o1tlhe ap; propri qG. commiee. The te on aygs 127. Wat late Pres . t Mc nley. SENATE, Twenty xth Day-During the great er part of the -day's session, the meas ure providng for the establishment of a Departmaent of Commerce w.s under consideration. An effort was made by Mr. Nelson. of Minnesota, in charge of the bill, t6 secure a vote cn it; but the opposition to many of its provisions becarwe so strong that the effort had to be aba'ndoned. In an extended statement Mr. Nelson replied to he criticisms that had been made of t -bill. The Departments principalfS- affected by the measure were those- of - the Treasury and the Interior. The former had on its rolls 4,419 employes In Washington, and the latter 4,881--each having a greater number of employes than all the other Departments combined. Mr. Nelson said he believed there was a strong public sentiment in the country in fa vor of the -establishment of a Depart ment ~fof mmerce. "We need it," said he, "to-t outrselves on a parity with other n ns of the world. We-need It to put . commercial and ^industrial develorn nt under governmental con trol." Mr. Pt, of Connecticut, supp'orte.d the meaggre ns a whole, but offered an amendment striking from the bill the propoition to transfer the Patent Of fle. IR was accepted by Mr. Nelson and agreed to by the Senate. Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, offered an amendment which was adopted elimi nating fronm the bill the proposition to transfer to the new -Department the Census Office. A House bill conferring upon Mrs. Ida S. MrKinley, widow of the late President McKinley, the mail franking privilege., was passed. Tyenty-seventh Day-Debate on the Philippine tariff bill was not continued in the senate, no member of the body being prepared top roceed with the dis cussion. The bill providing for the es tablishment of a department of comn inerce was under discussion for nerly wo hours, but little progress was made with it The debate upon it disclossed no objections to the main features of the bill, but merely a disposition on the part of the senate to give it carefnil consieration and so far as possible to perfect the details of the measure. The president pro tem, Mr. Frye, laid before the senate a letter from Sarucl Gomspers, president of the American Federation of Labor, pro testing against the incorporation of the department of labor in the proposyW deparmentof -commerce. Mr. oGnmpers was of opinion that if the departmnt of labor were incorporated in the de partment of commerce, it would mini mize the interests of labor, and he pro tested, against any such result. The World's Loneliest Missionary. The loneliest missionary in all the world is said to be Rev. J. 0. Springer, whose station is on Herschel Island, near the mouth of the Mackenzie river, well within the Arctic Circle. The lat est received letter from this most soli tary man is dated October 22, 1900. No ship has been at Herschel Island for two -winters, and the. .missionary's white neighbors are at Peel river 250 PATRICK ON TRIAL teputed Murderer of Rice Before the Court, UE,'$25,000 CHECK IN EVIDENCE. rhe Check Was Accepted Though the 'Genuineness of the Signature Was Dobbt6d. - New York, cial.-The takitg of vldence *s gun- in the trial of Al bert T. Pa i a jawyjr, on an indict ient ch &.with the murder of William Mh fIs city, in Sep ;enber, 190b.. Wallace, paying teller 'at S Bank, . where ice 2ad an account, identifed a check for 125,000 payable to Albert T.. Patrick, is one that had been presented to him. [t was the misspelling . of the name Albert .that caused a telephone call to Rice's apartment ,which resulted in the iscovry:that 'r. Rice had died the previous day. Counsel for Patrick ob lected -. every question asked on this dne *the ground that the witness sould not testify to hearsey evidence, but the recorder overruled the objec aions until Assistant District Attorney Garvin asked who answered the' tele phone: He sustained the objection that. Mr.~~Wallace could'not tell who it was. Wallace testified that he had' never seen Patrick until the day the check was presented. So far as he knew, ice's business was attended to by ones, the valet-secretary. "In your opinion Is the signature on the check the signature of Wm. M. Rice?" sked the attorney for the pros cution. - . Cotinsel for Patrick objected, but the itness was allowed to reply.' - "In- my-opinlon," he said, "It was'not Written by Mr. Rice." On cross-examination Wallace said hat when the check was returned to .e bank endorsed "Albert T. Patrick," mad "Albert T. Patrick" he stamped it 'accepted," although he had doubts as :o. the genuineness of the signature. VInally he ad' "I do not know what .A wrong with the signature, but I on't. like it.It loes not look natural P me; The curve of the "M'\for nstance looks as was an after Rice for 19 years. waa- ~ t He >f a visit alleged to have been made by Tones, the valet-secretary, to the wit aess" home, in Brooklyn, but this was ruled out. Weatherbee said he 'had never seen Patrick until the day the heck -was handed IS at the bank. He bad not known Patrick to -be connected In any way with Rice's business. When Patrick called at the bank, he s'aw Mr. Swensen. In the conversation that day Patrick said Rice's body was to be cre mated, as "the 'old gentleman was a crank on cremation." Patrick also said there had been an understanding be tween him'and Rice as~ to what was. to be done with the proceeds of the checks. -Weatherbee said it was his opinion that the $25,000 check.was .mot signed by Win. M. Rice. Counsel for PatrIck objected to thie admission of the $25,000 check as evi ece, on the ground that the defend ant was under indictme~nt for forging that check and that It would not be fair' to baf te- ins ofthe jury byad mitt ing .it. mns o ,This check is n fthe steps by which I intend to provp the conspiracy between this defendant and Jones," said Mr. Osborne. "The prosecution should not be l lowed to say that a murder was cm mitted because they think a check was forged," said Mr. Moore, for Patrick. The recorder admitted the check. Under cross-examination Weatherbee said he was not an expert in handwrit ing and he could not analyze'the sig nature on the check. The doubt In hle mind was more general than specified. The witness said he.did not d~ecide the check was nlot genuine when he first examined it. ThIs was before it wa stamped "accepted." Mr. Weatherbeeg$hen testified that the check was accepted and certified, and that the certification was sancelled by Mr. Swenson after he had talked with somebody over the telephone. To Observe McKinley Day. Memphis, Tenn., Specal.-Acting ayor Henderson has issued a procla mation calling upon the city officials and public institutions to observe Janu ary 29th as McKinley's Memorial Day, and requosting that .contributions be made to the. mnemorial "fund. The churches are asked' t5-take up collee tons for the same purpose on Sunday, January 26th. Telegraphic Ticks. Rev. J7. G. McCullough, a Methodist. minister, aged 82 years, died at Wat halla, S. C., Thursday. The report is iurrent in Germany that there is a great scarcity of plows in England, because most of th~em have been beaten into swords. Samuel E. Allen, of Salt Lake City, owns a Wycliffe Bible, one of the~ first books printed in England. -The volume is at least 300 years old. At a meeting of the Senate commit tee on public buildings and grounds he' following favo~'able reports were authorized: To make laddition to the ost of the public building at Atlanta, $500,000; to increase thercost 9t D~il.C bulding, Newpoit News, Va.. from $200,000 to $25000O. SOUTIIERN INDUSTRIAL New Enterprises That Are Enriching Our Favored Section. -A ,rgp liserease. An increase 'of almost 191 per cent. -in the :ipitt inyestpd in the turpen tine and rosin industry and of 152 -per cent. on.the- value of the products therefrom is shown in the census re port issuod last week from Washing ton, D, C. on the manufacture of these products 'n- the United States. The total slue 9f turpentine and rosin products consists of $14,960, 235, the value.. of 754,670 'barrels of spirits of turpentine, $5,129,208, the value of 2,563,087' barrels of rosin, and $255,354, the Value of miscellan eous products, such as tar, pitch, rosin, oil, charcoal, refined tar, etc. ,From the distillation of 4,033,153 bar els of crude turpentine by the 1503 establishments exporting, there re sulted 24 per cent. of spirits of tur pentine, 55 of rosin and 21 per cent. of other products. The consumption of spirits of turpentine in the United States Is 20,397,58T'gallons, or 53 per cent. of'.the: qua atity manufaretured, and of rosin 193,969 barrels, or 7.6 per I,-tt. The amount of crude tur pentine (bartels) gathered and total. value -by States follows: Alibama - 373,005, 'value. $2,033,705; Florida 1, 212,935, value '$6,469,605; -Georgia 1. 515,569, value $8,110,468; - Louisiana 20,299, value $115,324; Mississippi 359,529, value $1,772,435; North Caro lina 361,729, value $1,055,695; South Carolina 190,095, value $787,656. Textile Notes, Dennis C. Howarth, . president of Chester (Pa.). Manufacturing* Cq, has made a proposition for the purchase of the' Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton Mills, a plant of 14,600 spindles and 250 looms. If the transaction is closed, it is clalm ed that the Clhsster Manufacturing Co., will remove its plant to Memphis and there consolidate with the purchased mill. , ~ Eagle Cotton Mills. of Lawrenceburg, 'enn.; will be rebuilt. The plant was destroyed by fire last week, and its pro prietor, W. H. Dustin, who now, states that he is in the market for en new outfit,.to Include S30to400. lea #ad full complement of power, for manufacturing 4 to 16 About Spartanburg, S. C., and will .continue same. A capital of $30,000 is represent ed In equipment and faciltieis for man ufacturing loom harness used In textile mills. Messrs. Isaac Andrews and S. Vernor Muckenfuss are the managers. The building for the textile school of the North Carolina College of Agricul ture and Mechanic Arts at Raleigh Is nearing completion. Large quantities of textile machinery have been receiv ed, and -the iistallation of it will begin In a few days. The textile school will give thorough courses in carding, spin ning, weaving, dying and designing. It is reported that Lockhart (S. C.) Mills will build an additional mill in order to provide increased freight traf fic for the Lockhart Railroad. This rail road is said to' have been guaranteed. when built, a certain quantity of freight annually from' the mill, which it has failed to receive. The company now has* 2,000 spIndles and 800 looms. Enfield (N. C.) Knitting Mills has or dered eleveni additional knitting ma chines, with rjbbers and loopers to match, and willhlso Install dying plant within sixty days. The compa~ny has been operating until now ten machines on the production of children's hosiery. Increased production will ze 225 dozen daily.1 Ouachita Cotton Mills of Monroe, La., Is nearing completion, and expects to be manufacturing inside of two months. There will be 500 spindles and 150 looms in position for operation. The compdny met during the week and re-elected Its past year's officers. They Include Uriahi Millsap, president. Harriman (Tenn.) Cotton Mill Co. has put Its plant in partial operation, after a shut-down of some months. entire equipment' will be operated as rapidly as possible expelenced hands being scarce. There are 6500 spindles in the mill. B. L. Battle Manufacturing Co., of Warrenton', Ga., will probably. rebuild its knitting mill, which was burned last week at a loss of $30,000; however, a ddinite. decision has not been reached. 'The Chamber of Commnerce of Hunts ville. Ala., is corresponding with Phil adelphia (Pa.) parties relative to the establishment of a rug factory in Huntsvillie. Anchor Mills of Huntersville, N. C.. is reported as to double its present plant of 4100 spindles. Burnett & McKee Company of Vicks burg, Miss., has been charter, with ca pital stock of $60,000, for dealing in and manufteturing cotton and other wise handling the staple. Lenoir (N. C.) Cotton Mill has pur chased the machinery for its plant, and said equipment is now being placed in position. There will be 6000 spind-les for spinning Egyptian cotton, and opera tions are expected to commence In the near future. Capitalization $75,000. Lauraglenn Mills of Shelby, N. C., was sold at public auction during the week to John E. Hurst of Baltimore, Md., who was president of the compa ny. The price pald was $4200. It is a 2900-sindle.plant to Tmanga yarn andl ball twine, and was espitalised at $50. 100 - - -